The Whale Museum’s Lecture Series: ProjectSAM
Wednesday, July 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor
The Whale Museum is pleased to welcome Dr. Candace Gossen as part of the 2015 Summer Lecture Series to discuss “ProjectSAM” on Wednesday, July 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Candace Gossen, PhD, is an environmental archaeologist, architect, plant medicine teacher and just a girl that likes to dig in the dirt and climb trees. ProjectSAM is the Garbage Archaeology project completed by a group of nineteen students studying archaeology this past spring at the Skagit Valley College San Juan Center.
The idea grew out of Dr. Gossen finding a frisbee golf disc which became part of the beach trash she continued to pick up every day for 5 months at Deadman’s Bay. In total, twelve cubic feet of “stuff” from the beach and thousands of pieces of trash were collected. The questions the students aimed to answer as part of ProjectSAM included: how the waste got there whether by air, water, or left behind by humans visiting the beach. The results will be shared during this presentation by Dr. Gossen and the students.
The July 8th lecture event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (360) 378-4710 ext. 30. The Whale Museum is located in Friday Harbor at 62 First St. N. Founded in 1976, The Whale Museum’s mission is to promote stewardship of whales and the Salish Sea ecosystem through education and research.
In addition to providing exhibits, the Museum also provides programs including the Marine Naturalist Training, Orca Adoption Program, Soundwatch Boater Education, San Juan Islands Marine Mammal Stranding Network, and the Whale Hotline. The Whale Museum can be found on-line at www.whalemuseum.org.
